Tom Thenell has been hired as Mullen’s next football coach, the school announced today.

Thenell replaces Dave Logan, who was fired in January after leading the school to four state championships in nine years. Logan has since taken over Cherry Creek’s program.

Thenell has been at Bear Creek since 1992. In a statement, he called the job “a high honor.”

His Mullen roots go deep. Thenell is a 1980 graduate of Mullen, where he played quarterback, and he spent seven years as a football assistant at Mullen prior to Bear Creek. He was also the school’s boys basketball coach for three years.

“I’m eager to go back to where everything started for me a very long time ago,” Thenell said. “My job will be to build-on Mullen’s proud tradition, and we will always do it the Mullen way.”

In firing Logan, Mullen stressed the need for a coach that would be on staff and in the building.

“Coach Thenell’s record and reputation in the state of Colorado speak for themselves,” Mullen principal Jim Gmelich said in a statement. “Tom’s roots in the Mullen Community run deep. As an alumnus, former coach and teacher, Tom’s familiarity with our community and our mission were important factors in our decision to bring him back to Mullen High School.”

Mullen’s search for a new coach went nationwide upon Logan’s firing. One candidate told The Post that the school sent “feelers” out to hundreds of schools around the country. Ultimately, they settled on an in-state candidate.

Thenell was 147-81 in 20 seasons at Bear Creek. His teams made the postseason 18 times, including a second-round appearance this season — where Bear Creek lost to Mullen, 21-14.

“I know the high standards that Mullen demands of us all, and as a teacher and football coach, you can be sure that the kids under my watch will be expected to meet those standards in the classroom and on the field each and every day,” Thenell said.

As a quarterback at Mullen, Thenell had a hand in two state championships. He went on to play at Colorado State.

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